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Old August 24th 08, 02:53 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.misc
cksickfûçk
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Default conversion film slr to dig slr?

hi all,
i append hereunder my thoughts on the above and posted the same to the great
nikon company and the reply was as stupid as the japanese can be

does anyone have any thought on this or am i crazy?

please read on:


Sir,
i posted my comments in facebook
please have a look below and please comment
thank you:



http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=2373072738

Icq Man wrote
at 11:49pm
CONVERSION ADAPTORS FOR FILM CAMERAS TO DIGITAL CAMERAS

oooooooooops
i forgot to put titles to my two contiguous posts no 2870 and 2872
thousand apologies
icqman 2008 08 17 sun 11.53 pm


Icq Man wrote
at 11:35pm
i am not sure if i have posted this here or some other photography fora of
facebook. The problem with facebook is it is still suffering teething pains,
blocking members, crashing, viri and it lacks, to me the most important, across
facebook cross reference of one's posts. If this post hereunder has appeared
here before, i regret i dont see any response or facebook crashed and lostface??
;-) OK here goes my comments:
i have been doing silver halide films photography for the past 25 years, having
now, 2 nikon fm, 2 nikonfe, 2 nikonf3, all with remote control motor drives
attached, nikkor 52mm sized f1.2, 2.8.105,180-250, 500reflex, ae lenses with
hosts of nikorr filters, countless flashes which i threw away when not
serviceable.
now comes the digital cameras-- i am wont to change to digital but as silver
halide films are getting very hard to come by i am forced to go digital but i am
still refusing . heheheh.
..... continue next post as each post is limited to 1 000 characters

Icq Man wrote
at 11:44pm
some of us remember how the slr blew the conventional cameras to the bushes.
these companies made a study on why this was so -- the most important reason--
poor focus. So the leica (which i have m1, m2 and m42) re invented the wheels to
come up with autofocus and this blew slr ;-)
Here is my question: why should i switch to digital nikon even though some of
the nikkor ae lenses can be adapted to the relevant nikon d series.?
nikon should come up with some sort of conversion kit, e.g. convert the
backplates into digital with xxx gig chips memory on the millions of nikon
cameras in the world ?
of course, nikon would say it is tough. Nothing is tough if they want to put
their heads into it.
maybe some other camera companies would come up with a universal digiital
adaptors for the conventional film cameras??
i am saving thes two posts just in case facebook crashes again . Any response
would be most appreciated.
thanks a lot
2008 08 17 sunday posted in wall photography,facebook



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Customer (icq man)08/17/2008 12:50 PM
http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=2373072738 Icq Man wroteat 11:49pmCONVERSION
ADAPTORS FOR FILM CAMERAS TO DIGITAL CAMERASoooooooooopsi forgot to put titles
to my two contiguous posts no 2870 and 2872thousand apologiesicqman 2008 08 17
sun 11.53 pm Icq Man wroteat 11:35pmi am not sure if i have posted this here or
some other photography fora of facebook. The problem with facebook is it is
still suffering teething pains, blocking members, crashing, viri and it lacks,
to me the most important, across facebook cross reference of one's posts. If
this post hereunder has appeared here before, i regret i dont see any response
or facebook crashed and lostface?? ;-) OK here goes my comments:i have been
doing silver halide films photography for the past 25 years, having now, 2 nikon
fm, 2 nikonfe, 2 nikonf3, all with remote control motor drives attached, nikkor
52mm sized f1.2, 2.8.105,180-250, 500reflex, ae lenses with hosts of nikorr
filters, countless flashes which i threw away when not serviceable. now comes
the digital cameras-- i am wont to change to digital but as silver halide films
are getting very hard to come by i am forced to go digital but i am still
refusing . heheheh..... continue next post as each post is limited to 1 000
charactersIcq Man wroteat 11:44pmsome of us remember how the slr blew the
conventional cameras to the bushes. these companies made a study on why this was
so -- the most important reason-- poor focus. So the leica (which i have m1, m2
and m42) re invented the wheels to come up with autofocus and this blew slr
;-)Here is my question: why should i switch to digital nikon even though some of
the nikkor ae lenses can be adapted to the relevant nikon d series.?nikon should
come up with some sort of conversion kit, e.g. convert the backplates into
digital with xxx gig chips memory on the millions of nikon cameras in the world
?of course, nikon would say it is tough. Nothing is tough if they want to put
their heads into it.maybe some other camera companies would come up with a
universal digiital adaptors for the conventional film cameras??i am saving thes
two posts just in case facebook crashes again . Any response would be most
appreciated.thanks a lot2008 08 17 sunday posted in wall photography,facebook

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Old August 24th 08, 05:04 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.misc
dj_nme
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Default conversion film slr to dig slr?

The short answer for a general device to convert any 35mm film SLR
camera into a digital SLR camera, the answer is that there is no such
product.

The slightly longer answer:
Leica is the only current manufacturer of a digital capture back for a
35mm film SLR camera.
If you have a Leica R8 (or R9) you can purchase a Digital Module R,
which replaces the back of the camera with a digital capture device and
turns it into a DSLR camera.
Unfortunately, it also effectively doubles the size of the camera body.

Historically, Kodak produced a series of digital backs (the DCS series)
for Nikon SLR cameras, but but these have been out of production for the
better part of a decade.

There was also the vaporware product called "Silicon Film" which was
touted to be a drop-in replacement for a 35mm film cartridge to convert
a 35mm film SLR camera into DSLR camera.
The problems which they faced must have been insurmountable as an actual
product was never announced and the company folded a few years ago.
 




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